Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1882 — Frightful Railway Accident. [ARTICLE]

Frightful Railway Accident.

A dispatch from Lancaster, Ky., says: As the first of three special trains conveying Sells Bros.’ show from Richmond was coming around the curve, 300 yards from Paint Lick, at 3:30 a. m., the fourth car from the engine, from some unknown cause, jumped the track and rolled down the embankment, followed by the balance of the train in its rear, consisting of fifteen cars, The cars were leaded principally by the luggage of the company, tableaux wagons, electric light machine, and a cage containing the tiger. Several attaches of the circus were scattered along the tram, and the destruction to both life and property was fearful. Three men were instantly killed, three probably fatally wounded, and seven or eight wounded. The cage containing the tiger was burst open, the fierce animal turned out, creating much consternation, every one being afraid to go near it until daylight, when the door was opened, and tne tiger which was crouching nearby, crept back into his prison and was secured. The electric light and tableaux wagons were completely .destroyed.